A public hearing on the plan below will be held on January 18, 2018 from 2 PM – 4 PM at the Bucks County Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting to be conducted at the Bucks County Planning Commission office, located at 1260 Almshouse Road, Doylestown PA, 18901.

King of Prussia, PA – Motorists will encounter lane restrictions with flagging next week on Lower State Road between Business U.S. 202 (State Street) and Memorial Drive in Doylestown Township, Bucks County, on Monday, December 11, through Friday December 15, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, for curb ramp and sign installation, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work area. The schedule is weather dependent.

Under this improvement project, PennDOT is installing and maintaining traffic signals, pavement markings, landscaping and other related construction activities on a 0.9-mile shared use path in Doylestown Township, Bucks County.

Work on the entire project is expected to be completed in November 2018.

James D. Morrissey, Inc., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the general contractor on the $1,327,271 project, which is financed with 100 percent federal funds.

For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those made possible by or accelerated by Act 89, or those on the department’s Four and Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.

A list of weekly road restrictions and PennDOT maintenance operations in the five-county Philadelphia region is available by visiting the District 6 Traffic Bulletin at www.penndot.gov/District6.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 850 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

We are now selling beautiful matted photos to benefit Kids Castle! We will be selling them for $5 each and 100% of the proceeds go towards “Save Kids Castle”. Please stop into the Doylestown Township Building to purchase. We have a limited amount!

The algae like bacteria recently discovered in the Pine Run Creek were found to contain cyanobacteria. This bacteria is generally at its height from Memorial Day to Labor Day, and the numbers reduce during the colder weather we experience the rest of the year. The toxin produced by these bacteria is inside of it, and is only released when ingested (as stomach acid erodes the coating). The amount of bacteria found would be enough to kill a dog, or to make a child have digestive problems for a few days. According to DEP, there is no risk to public drinking water from these bacteria, as the nearest active infall is 25 miles downstream. There is no health risk from simply coming in contact with this form of cyanobacteria. However, we recommend that you and your pets not ingest the water if you see the algae like substance.